Philip tramblie and james gilbert



P.'TRAMBLIE 8v J. GILBERT.

' Washing Machine..

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Patented July 13, 1880,

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WASHING- SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters MACHINE.

Patent No. 229,927, dated July 13, 1880.

Application filed February 18, 1880.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that we, PHILIP TRAMBLIE and JAMES GILBERT, of Oregon, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to washing-machines which combine corrugated stationary upright ribs on the side of the box or tub with aswing- Q ing dash, which bears like corrugated ribs and has a fluted perforated. bottom, and is so arranged that its ribs strike the interstices between the ribs on the side of the box or tub.

The invention consists in the combination of the corrugated stationary inclined rib son the side of the box with a swinging dash, which bears like corrugated ribs, and has a fluted bottom, which is perforated or honey-combed to allow the suds and dirt to pass through when the dash is brought up against'the stationary ribs, or when articles are under the dash and being washed by the fluted bottom. The dash is swung from the ends of the box by means of arms which work under movable buttons and extend under the dash and rise into S-shaped arms, to which is attached the handle.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan or top View of the machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same.

Like letters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

A is the box or tub, set upon corner-posts. The end boards of the box pass through mortisesintheposts. At either end of the box are handles h, which are fastened to the posts, and can be used to lift the machine or to hang articles upon. The bottom of. the box is narrower than the top, and on one side bears the ribs R, which are vertical and are broader at the top than at the bottom, so that it presents an inclined front and prevents the clothes from being forced upward without being washed. These ribs are corrugated or roughened, so as to form a more opposing surface, but not so sharply as to tear or cut the clothes. On the broadened top of these ribs is placed a board or shelf, S, which binds and strengthens the ribs, and at the same time affords a place to lay soap or other things.

O is the swinging dash, which is formed of corrugated ribs, much as those on the side of the box, and of a fluted and perforated bottom, 0. The ribs 011 the dasher are placed upon the bottom, so that deep spaces or interstices occur between them. These spaces allow the clothes that are being washed to enter without stopping up the holes in the perforated bottom. In this way the clothes are rubbed without causing the great suction which would occur if they lay directly against the perforated bottom.

The fluted bottom performs a function separate from that which is done by the ordinary dash. It does washing as well as-the dash.

The ribs on the dash are slightly curved their entire length on their face, which, together with the corrugations thereon and the inclined corrugated stationary ribs, enable the ribs to have such a gripe on the clothes that are being pressed or washed as to keep them from slipping out, thus always insuring the full benefit of the squeezing of which the machineis capable. This dash is swung bymeans of braces or arms B, which have a pivot bent at right angles on its end resting in a slot or hearing on the top of the box. These braces are attached to the swinging frame, and extend up again into the S-shaped arms D, to which is attached a handle, D, the arms and handles being thus formed of one piece of metal or other material that may be used. The pivots on the ends of the braces B are held in place by means of pivoted buttons 1). These buttons are simple pieces of metal pivoted to the top of the box on one side of the journalboxes, capable of being turned out of the way or turned back again, and holding the arms in place without other attachment.

The dash is swung at such an angle to the,

stationary ribs as that considerable space is left between them, except at the bottom, where the ribs on the dash engage the interstices between the ribs on the side of the box. The ribs on the dash are triangular in form, and

are fastened to a solid back and perforated fluted bottom, before described.

A lid, L, with suitable handle and properly cut away to accommodate the arms and braces of the dash, rests upon the shelf S and upon a eleat on the opposite side of the box, and is held in place by means of pivot-buttons.

W'hen the machine is to be used the swinging dash is drawn away from the stationary ribs and the clothes placed between the two lines of ribs, when washing is begun by pressing the dash against the clothes and forcing them against the corrugated stationary ribs on the side of the box. The fluted bottom at the same time rubs any parts of the garments that may get under the dash. V

We are aware that machines have been made with a perforated dash, and also with ribs set at an incline, and with open ribs on the dash, without a bottom or back, and also with pivoted binders arranged at the end of the box,

having a secondary binder to lock them, and we do not claim such; but

What we do claim is- The herein-described washing-machine, havin g the box A, the upright inclined corrugated stationary ribs R on the side, the swinging dash sustained by the arms B and operated by the arms D, the two being formed of one piece of sheet metal, the dash consisting of the solid back (J, perforated fluted bottom, and deep inclined corrugated ribs curved on their face the entire length, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP TRAMBLIE. JAMES GILBERT.

lVitnesses:

J. W. GILBERT, FRANKLIN GILBERT. 

